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Games with dice

Algebra Number Sense Data and probability
Time to let students become naturally curious about probability.  In this activity students work in teams to record the frequency of rolled dice combinations. They observe the difference be...

Leicester City Foxes - from underdogs to Champions

Algebra Number Sense Sports
Recently, to the surprise and elation of England and the world, the Leicester City Foxes became the winners of the British football association's Premier League.  What was the big deal?  L...

Pottytalk

Algebra Number Sense Math and Science
  I'm trying to be more savy about wasting our resources.  I have really old fashioned toilets and I'm trying to figure out if I should invest in saving water.  Can you help me? For...

Double Discount

Algebra Number Sense
   Wow, check out this sale!  I'm gonna be able to get this great hoodie so cheap!   If I use the promo code what will be the total percent off?

How did they figure these tips?

Number Sense Math and Social Studies Math and Food
  Act I:  This restaurant bill has the suggested tips, but they are smudged out.  What should they be?  Consider having students make a fast 5 to 10 -second prediction in th...

David Price, big bucks per ...

Number Sense Sports Ratio and Proportion
  David Price, a 30-year old pitcher from Toronto's Blue Jays, was hired with a 7 year contract to be the Red Sox's new ace pitcher for $217 million dollars.  That is the largest amount eve...

Figuring planting dates

Algebra Number Sense Math and Science
  It's time to get ready to plant my garden again. But here in Boston we have to start our seeds indoors to give them a head start before we can put plants outside. How should I fi...

The Game of Go

Number Sense Math and Social Studies
March 9th was the first round of the competition between Lee Se-dol, one of the World's best Go players, and Google's artificial intelligence program "AlphaGo".  The first and sec...

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan to give away 99% of their shares of Facebook

Algebra Number Sense Math and Social Studies Ratio and Proportion
  That sounds like an awful lot of their Facebook shares.  They want to help create a better world for their daughter, Max. I wonder if they will have enough left over to live on? The...

Oreo Stuffiness

Number Sense Math and Food Ratio and Proportion
There is yet another Oreo... This activity builds off the work that Dan Anderson's math class revealed about Original Oreos and Double Stuff Oreos. Students begin by working with the weight of just...
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